Formed in 2003, Mizantropia, from Zaporozhye, describe themselves with "after numerous changes of musicians and genre, music represents the fusion of gothic, doom, melodic and black metal". Probably most comfortable under an early Sirenia-esque Gothic Metal tag, the current sound is nonetheless darker and doomier than most symphonic beauty-and-the-beast ensembles, bordering on what might be found in a Solitude/BMM Gothic/Doom signing in places.